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How does co-production work in practice? For #CoProWeek Sandra Jayacodi Sandra Jayacodi, Chair of the NIHR Imperial BRC NIHR Imperial BRC Public Advisory Panel, provides some personal insights from her experience participating in a co-produced project: nihr.ac.uk/blog/what-awar…

Loss of productive work from withdrawal is just one of the many costs not priced into the costs of these drugs

Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology : "major clinical practice guidelines provide little support for clinicians wishing to help patients discontinue or taper antidepressants in terms of mitigating and managing withdrawal symptoms." bit.ly/3LzqzrN NICE is ahead - but needs more detail.

"Our study shows that people with COVID-19 can safely keep an eye on their blood oxygen levels at home using pulse oximetry" - Ahmed Alboksmaty New PSTRC research shows that remote pulse oximetry can help people spot signs that their health is worsening. 🔽 imperial.ac.uk/news/234874/ho…

Good to see more people appreciating that the discontinuation studies falsely inflate the apparent relapse prevention properties of psychiatric drugs by withdrawal confounds - troubling to contemplate when they are the basis for most evidence for psych drugs.

Caring for the carers The MeCare Study is a major study of front-line health & social care workers in NW London, investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and wellbeing. 🔗 arc-nwl.nihr.ac.uk/news/caring-fo… #NIHRARCs

🆕 Check out our newly updated Innovation and Evaluation Theme page. The I&E team work to address the needs of the local healthcare system by identifying and supporting the uptake and scaling of effective innovations. 🔗 arc-nwl.nihr.ac.uk/research/innov… #ARCNWL

There are still tickets for the International Institute for Psych Drug Withdrawal conference on Withdrawal from Psychiatric Drugs happening online on May 6th and 7th with great speakers Dr Joanna Moncrieff Laura Delano and a new training video we have made on stopping antidepressants bit.ly/3JcIZNk

Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social Good to hear. Just tweeted them and here they are again: rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/…

Wonderful for me and Sandra Jayacodi to be so valued by the BMJ for reviewing abstracts for the Quality Forum that we were invited to attend. We’re learning so much but I think our PPI perspective is also adding value to #Quality2022 and #qualitylife2022

Great piece on our serotonin study, highlighting the ever increasing use of antidepressants, especially worrying in young people dailymail.co.uk/health/article…

Has anyone been told by their doctor that their depression was caused by a chemical imbalance and that an antidepressant would fix it? Please like and retweet if so. If you put what country you are in and the year you were told that would be a bonus.

Good coverage in the The Independent of the debate our paper on serotonin and depression has sparked about antidepressants independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

Our article on how to distinguish antidepressant withdrawal symptoms from relapse of an underlying condition is now free to access here: bit.ly/3Bcx0xY in BJPsych Journals Advances With David Taylor BJPsych Podcast here: bit.ly/3RkFWXx (1/n)

Healthy breastfeeding mothers are getting severe withdrawal symptoms from stopping dopamine antagonists (use for lactation), including suicidal and violent urges. How much relapse in psychotic disorders is similar withdrawal? bit.ly/3VzcbUV

Join us 10th & 11th February for 'Withdrawal from Psychiatric Drugs 2', the sequel to our popular conference. Speakers include Dr Joanna Moncrieff Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social Kindly #deprescribe -- taper psychiatric drugs Sandra Jayacodi Anne Guy 💙 Will Hall Angie Peacock, MSW, CPC & more. Everyone welcome bit.ly/3hBon94 Please share!

Sandra Jayacodi The International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal (iipdw.org) welcomes NHS England's Framework ‘Optimising personalised care for adults prescribed medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms’ england.nhs.uk/long-read/opti…

Small victory: a patient who contacted me because their GP told them that they would not prescribe liquid to come off their antidepressant because they could just stop, changed their mind when shown the new NICE guidance. Happy patient. Result.

Sandra Jayacodi Big thanks to Jean Straus and Sandra Jayacodi for their #Quality2023 presentation. These are their final key messages

Sandra Jayacodi Quality Forum We’ve finished but now have all these responses to the question: The case for patients to present at conferences. We must filter these wonderful responses so they can go back to the The BMJ